HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- State police are seeking video or still images from cameras that face roadways in certain areas of the town as part of their investigation into the Thanksgiving homicide of a Hyde Park woman.

On Monday, troopers were seeking data captured between Wednesday and Friday from cameras that face roadways in the areas of Mobile Manor Trailer Park; U.S. Route 9 and state Route 9G between South Cross Road and North Cross Road; South Cross Road; North Cross Road; and Reservoir Road. The request is part of an ongoing investigation into the slaying of Laurie B. Ferguson.

Ferguson, 67, was found dead in the bedroom of her Mobile Manor Park mobile home at 1824 state Route 9G on Thanksgiving after a caller reported that she had failed to appear at a holiday engagement, state police said. Police said she had been stabbed multiple times.

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Police had not yet recovered a weapon, but Ferguson's 2006 Saturn Ion sedan was found Saturday on Reservoir Road. The vehicle had been taken from her home, police said.

Troopers were also continuing to look for a "person of interest" who is described as being possibly Hispanic, medium build, a little taller than 5-foot, 10-inches, well dressed with a full head of dark hair and a bushy, neatly trimmed full beard, police said. Police said the man, who is not necessarily a suspect, was seen standing to the rear of a vehicle pulled over on Reservoir Road, north of the Staatsburgh Reservoir, early Friday afternoon near where Ferguson's car was found.

The man was seen with another adult male and a female between the ages of 8 and 14, police said. Police said the girl was wearing a dress.

Members of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation "are continuing to conduct scores of interviews and gather information about the victim, and continue to work leads that are being produced by the investigation," police said in a press release. The release said the state police dive team is also continuing to search various locations for evidence.

Anyone with information is asked to contact state police at (845) 876-4033, (845) 876-4049 or (845) 677-7300.

Ferguson had been a food service worker at Haviland Junior High School in the Hyde Park school district for several years, according to information from her family provided to the Sweet Funeral Home. A memorial service in her honor will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Hyde Park United Methodist Church, with a reception to follow.

Police have said Ferguson was estranged from her husband and lived alone. They would not say if her husband, who lives out of state, is a suspect in the case, nor did they identify him.